DISQUS

I was disappointed in the two related front page Times articles because it implied that every motorcyclist on the road is either an inexperienced driver or a reckless one. First, it was nice for a change to see a woman biker featured in the top picture. It's good that she actually was in a class and looked like she was having fun. I found it strange and a bit misleading, though, that she was just learning how to shift and she already owned an entire Harley outfit.
Scan down to the village idiot complete with plaster casts in the hospital bed. If you're not a motorcycle fan, you'll conclude that absoloutely no one out there knows what they're doing.
It would've been interesting, logical and positive if the Times had included a third related piece involving veteran bikers and their thoughts and ideas on getting new bikers trained and endorsed.

I was disappointed in the two related front page Times articles because it implied that every motorcyclist on the road is either an inexperienced driver or a reckless one. First, it was nice for a change to see a woman biker featured in the top picture. It's good that she actually was in a class and looked like she was having fun. I found it strange and a bit misleading, though, that she was just learning how to shift and she already owned an entire Harley outfit.
Scan down to the village idiot complete with plaster casts in the hospital bed. If you're not a motorcycle fan, you'll conclude that absoloutely no one out there knows what they're doing.
It would've been interesting, logical and positive if the Times had included a third related piece involving veteran bikers and their thoughts and ideas on getting new bikers trained and endorsed.

I believe that by simply saying, "Poor Mia! She will have to live with this for the rest of her life." is ridiculous. Most of the comments I read are so unevenly sympathetic towards Mia, that I have to ask myself why. Is it that she's a teenager, and we're protective of our children? Is it because she's a female??? I put this to you: If a 40 year old man ran from the scene of a fatality and hid in his house from the police for three hours AND tests showed traces of drugs in his system, he'd be jailed for sure. This isn't about vengeance, so-called dirty looks from Ms. DeWitt, or helping make "something constructive" come from this tragedy. Its about equal justice in the eyes of the law.

I believe that by simply saying, "Poor Mia! She will have to live with this for the rest of her life." is ridiculous. Most of the comments I read are so unevenly sympathetic towards Mia, that I have to ask myself why. Is it that she's a teenager, and we're protective of our children? Is it because she's a female??? I put this to you: If a 40 year old man ran from the scene of a fatality and hid in his house from the police for three hours AND tests showed traces of drugs in his system, he'd be jailed for sure. This isn't about vengeance, so-called dirty looks from Ms. DeWitt, or helping make "something constructive" come from this tragedy. Its about equal justice in the eyes of the law.